http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley * Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:37:42 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-11-06T21:37:42Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/eu-agrees-to-telecom-reform/?cs=37319 As politicians and other stakeholders in the U.S. debate the pros and cons of net neutrality rules requiring transparency in network management and prohibiting discrimination among content types, the European Union is revamping its own business_technology europe net_neutrality legislation_and_regulation telecommunications_services government_agencies open_internet Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:37:42 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/eu-agrees-to-telecom-reform/?cs=37319 2009-11-06T21:37:42Z 23 hours, 40 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/eu-agrees-to-telecom-reform http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37319 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/electronic-medical-records-backup-doesnt-have-to-be-paper/?cs=37282 Wednesday at CTO Edge , Wayne Rash wrote about a recent experience he had trying to get a prescription from his doctor's office. He couldn't get anyone on the phone, and when he drove there, he found there had been a fire in the building, so the electronic_medical_records hipaa hitech_act data_security data_protection privacy business_continuity legislation_and_regulation business_technology backup disaster_recovery Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:48:31 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/electronic-medical-records-backup-doesnt-have-to-be-paper/?cs=37282 2009-11-05T19:48:31Z 2 days, 1 hour ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/electronic-medical-records-backup-doesnt-have-to-be-paper http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37282 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/a-step-closer-to-sarbox-404-exemption-for-smbs/?cs=37251 Legislation exempting smaller public companies from Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance requirements passed the House Financial Services Committee roll-call vote on Wednesday, according to The Wall Street Journal . Proposed by Reps Scott Garrett, R.-N.J., sarbanes-oxley securities_and_exchange_commission business_technology legislation_and_regulation smbs external_and_internal_audits government_agencies Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:59:27 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/a-step-closer-to-sarbox-404-exemption-for-smbs/?cs=37251 2009-11-05T16:59:27Z 2 days, 23 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/a-step-closer-to-sarbox-404-exemption-for-smbs http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37251 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/proposed-legislation-would-exempt-smbs-from-sarbox-404b/?cs=37229 Late last week I wrote about the House Financial Services Committee's voice vote passing an amendment that would require the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Government Accounting Office to conduct separate cost-benefit analyses before small sarbanes-oxley legislation_and_regulation smbs business_technology external_and_internal_audits government_agencies Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:01:33 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/proposed-legislation-would-exempt-smbs-from-sarbox-404b/?cs=37229 2009-11-04T16:01:33Z 3 days, 5 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/proposed-legislation-would-exempt-smbs-from-sarbox-404b http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37229 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/ftc-extends-red-flag-rule-compliance-deadlineagain/?cs=37211 The Federal Trade Commission's Red Flag Rules , which are set out in the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, require financial institutions to develop plans for identifying "red flag" transactions that could indicate fraud or ID theft. They government_agencies red_flag_rules federal_trade_commission legislation_and_regulation identity_theft fraud business_technology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:04:58 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/ftc-extends-red-flag-rule-compliance-deadlineagain/?cs=37211 2009-11-03T20:04:58Z 4 days, 1 hour ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/ftc-extends-red-flag-rule-compliance-deadlineagain http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37211 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/net-neutrality-resolution-will-require-negotiations-compromises-and-proposals/?cs=37200 With all the writing we've been doing about the Federal Communications Commission , net neutrality and the whole idea of regulating the Internet , you'd think I'd understand the arguments on either side a little better. But it's complicated. So I systemexperts telecommunications_services government_agencies net_neutrality internet_service_providers federal_communications_commission broadband_services network_performance_management business_technology legislation_and_regulation Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:06:41 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/net-neutrality-resolution-will-require-negotiations-compromises-and-proposals/?cs=37200 2009-11-03T16:06:41Z 4 days, 5 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/net-neutrality-resolution-will-require-negotiations-compromises-and-proposals http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37200 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/where-is-the-cyber-czar/?cs=37178 The federal government opened the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center this week. The $9 million facility will house the National Computer Emergency Readiness Team and the National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications. network_security government_agencies business_technology legislation_and_regulation cyber_crime cyber_czar Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:10:51 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/where-is-the-cyber-czar/?cs=37178 2009-11-02T21:10:51Z 5 days, 7 minutes ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/where-is-the-cyber-czar http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37178 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/fcc-authority-to-regulate-internet-at-issue-in-comcast-case/?cs=37173 The Federal Communications Commission's authority to regulate the Internet has been in question lately, and not just because of the newly published net neutrality rules . Comcast is suing the FCC, arguing that it has no authority to sanction the net_neutrality litigation comcast government_agencies federal_communications_commission broadband_services business_technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:35:27 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/fcc-authority-to-regulate-internet-at-issue-in-comcast-case/?cs=37173 2009-11-02T19:35:27Z 5 days, 1 hour ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/fcc-authority-to-regulate-internet-at-issue-in-comcast-case http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37173 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/house-legislators-propose-more-sarbox-404-relief-for-smbs/?cs=37144 I guess since the Securities and Exchange Commission made clear it would not delay Sarbanes-Oxley 404(b) compliance for small businesses again, members of Congress decided to take a different approach.   Compliance Week 's Melissa Klein Aguilar compliance_costs smb sarbanes-oxley legislation_and_regulation business_technology Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:03:02 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/house-legislators-propose-more-sarbox-404-relief-for-smbs/?cs=37144 2009-10-30T20:03:02Z 1 week, 1 day ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/house-legislators-propose-more-sarbox-404-relief-for-smbs http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37144 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/oracle-withdraws-request-for-antitrust-clearance-from-russia/?cs=37138 Oracle has yet another country's antitrust watchdogs on its back regarding  the Sun Microsystems acquisition. This time it's Russia.   The Wall Street Journal reports officials asked Oracle to withdraw notification of the deal until it's sun_microsystems business_technology mergers_and_acquisitions oracle antitrust Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:01:25 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/oracle-withdraws-request-for-antitrust-clearance-from-russia/?cs=37138 2009-10-30T19:01:25Z 1 week, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/oracle-withdraws-request-for-antitrust-clearance-from-russia http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37138 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/facebook-pursues-wins-against-spammers/?cs=37130 As social networking becomes a mainstay of communication, it also becomes a vehicle for spammers and hackers . But Facebook, for one, is not going to allow its platform to be used in that way.   bizjournals.com reported Friday that the popular spam social_networks legislation_and_regulation facebook business_technology litigation can_spam_act Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:44:42 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/facebook-pursues-wins-against-spammers/?cs=37130 2009-10-30T15:44:42Z 1 week, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/facebook-pursues-wins-against-spammers http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37130 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/finra-looking-into-social-networking-as-a-business-tool/?cs=37106 I thought I'd covered the risks posed by Facebook and other social-networking sites from every possible angle already, but today I found a new one.   Reuters reported Tuesday that the Finanacial Industry Regulatory Authority has formed a task e-mail_and_web_policies standards_bodies financial_industry_regulatory_authority business_technology social_networks Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:33:58 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/finra-looking-into-social-networking-as-a-business-tool/?cs=37106 2009-10-29T20:33:58Z 1 week, 2 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/finra-looking-into-social-networking-as-a-business-tool http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37106 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/e-mail-management-avoid-pepsicos-mistake/?cs=37101 After two days of telecommuting this week, I returned  this morning to an inbox brimming with messages. Messages that I hadn't thought needed my attention yesterday, and that I really didn't want to deal with this morning, either. Most of them were litigation business_technology e-mail_and_web_policies business_communications e-mail_and_e-mail_management risk_management Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:49:20 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/e-mail-management-avoid-pepsicos-mistake/?cs=37101 2009-10-29T18:49:20Z 1 week, 2 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/e-mail-management-avoid-pepsicos-mistake http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37101 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/google-voice-blocks-fewer-calls-thanks-to-fix/?cs=37096 Earlier this month, Google had legislators and competitors up in arms because its Google Voice service blocked calls to certain rural areas . The Federal Communications Commission responded to those complaints by asking Google to explain why it was google government_agencies google_voice telecommunications_services business_technology federal_communications_commission legislation_and_regulation Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:53:00 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/google-voice-blocks-fewer-calls-thanks-to-fix/?cs=37096 2009-10-29T15:53:00Z 1 week, 2 days ago 2 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/google-voice-blocks-fewer-calls-thanks-to-fix http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37096 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/report-outlines-harmonizing-regulation-of-securities-futures/?cs=37072 Back when people first started throwing around the "recession" word, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson proposed a sweeping overhaul of the regulatory measures governing the financial industry. As part of that plan, he mentioned the possibility commodity_futures_trading_commission government_agencies _exchange_commission business_technology legislation_and_regulation securities_and Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:52:09 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/report-outlines-harmonizing-regulation-of-securities-futures/?cs=37072 2009-10-28T20:52:09Z 1 week, 3 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/report-outlines-harmonizing-regulation-of-securities-futures http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37072